More than 70 percent of white Christians believe that police killings of African-American men are isolated incidents, according to a new survey. A vast majority of blacks, however, believe that the attacks are part of a bigger trend.

The 2015 American Values survey ‒ entitled Anxiety, Nostalgia and Mistrust ‒ looked at racial inequality, discrimination and criminal justice among other topics. It was conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

Among other questions, respondents were asked whether they believed that the recent killings of African-American men by police were isolated incidents.

A total of 65 percent of white Americans generally believed they were. The results were broken down by religious denominations, and showed that 72 percent of white evangelical Protestants, 73 percent of white mainline Protestants and 71 percent of white Catholics share that notion.

Meanwhile 80 percent of black Christians believed that police killings are part of a larger pattern.